Book Title: Tribute to Sardar Patel Author(s): Friends of Sardar Patel Awrd Association UCLA Publisher: USA Friends of Sardar Patel Awrd Association UCLAPage 22
________________ 1928-29 1929 March 7, 1930 June 26, 1930 July 31, 1930 Dec 12, 1930 1931 Aug 1931 Oct 22, 1933 Jan 1932 Jul 1934. 1934 1935-1942 Nov 18, 1940 Aug 1941 August 1942 June 15, 1945 Sept 2, 1946 April 4, 1947 June 25, 1947 Aug 15, 1947 Nov 13, 1947 1948 Feb 15, 1948 April 7, 1948 April 22, 1948 Sep 13-16, 1948 Feb 26, 1949 Oct 7-Nov 15, 1949 Dec 15, 1950 1991 Jain Education International Leads the Bardoli No-Tax Campaign Satyagraha in Kheda District; Vallabhbhai called "Sardar" by the peasants. Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress endorses the title Presided over Maharashtra Political Conference; tours Maharashtra Arrested for canvassing Gandhi's salt Satyagraha; Lodged in Sabarmati jail, Ahmedabad. Went on hunger strike in jail requesting C class diet instead of A class provided to him because of his high status. Request granted! Released Rearrested in Bombay and sent to Yeravada jail for 3 months Rearrested and sentenced to 9 months imprisonment Presides over Indian National Congress, 46th session, Karachi. Joins Gandhi in talks with Viceroy Lord Irwin in Simla. Brother Vitthalbhai dies in a clinic near Geneva while Sardar was in prison (see below) Arrested during the Civil Disobedience Movement and jailed in Yeravada Prison along with Mahatma Gandhi; later joined by Mahadev Desai from Nasik jail. Daughter Manibehn and Kasturba Gandhi also jailed but for shorter periods. Released on grounds of health - serious nose trouble. Chairman, Congress Parliamentary Board; supervises Congress' ministries in eight provinces, 1937-1939; in charge of selection of candidates for elections Arrested under Defence of India Act for participation in Satyagraha launched by Gandhiji to press Great Britain for a commitment on India's Independence Released from prison following a severe intestinal ailment Arrested for participation in Quit India Movement; jailed in Ahmednagar Fort along with Nehru, Azad, and other prominent leaders; shifted to Yeravada prison in early 1945 Released from prison to participate in Simla Talks Sardar joins the "Interim Government," as Minister for Home, Information, and Broadcasting (headed by Nehru as Vice-President of the Viceroy's Executive Council) Inaugurates the Vitthalbhbhai Patel Maha Vidyalaya at Vallabh Vidyanagar Government of India decides to establish a Department of (Princely) States under Sardar Patel Sardar joins Independent India's Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home, States, Information and Broadcasting Visits Somnath Patan and decides to renovate the Somnath Mahadev Temple "Doctor of Laws" degree conferred on Sardar by Nagpur, Banaras and Allahabad Universities on Nov 3, 25, and 27 respectively Inaugurates Rajya Sangh of Bhavnagar Inaugurates Rajasthan Sangh Agreements to constitute Madhya/Bharat Sangh "Police Action" in Hyderabad "Doctor of Laws" degree conferred on Sardar by Osmania University Served as Acting Prime Minister of India during Nehru's visit to the U.S., UK, and Canada. Sardar Patel dies in Bombay, cremated in Bombay "Bharat Ratna," the highest Indian national award, conferred posthumously on Sardar Patel. The award was accepted by Sardar's grandson, Vipinbhai Patel. For Private & P22onal Use Only www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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